Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writer:

Steven Knight (written by)

Release Date:

13 December 2002 (Ireland)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Some things are too dangerous to keep secret.

Plot:

An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Nigerian | Doctor | West London | Chambermaid

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 17 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Audrey Tautou	...	Senay Gelik
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Okwe
Sergi López	...	Sneaky / Juan
Sophie Okonedo	...	Juliette
Benedict Wong	...	Guo Yi
Kenan Hudaverdi	...	Cafe Owner
Damon Younger	...	Punter
Paul Bhattacharjee	...	Mohammed
Darrell D'Silva	...	Immigration Officer
Sotigui Kouyaté	...	Shinti
Abi Gouhad	...	Shinti's Son
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yemi Ajibade	...	Mini Cab Driver (as Ade-Yemi Ajibade)
Barber Ali	...	Sweatshop Foreman
Josef Altin	...	Sweatshop Boy (as Yusuf Altin)
Fisun Burgess	...	Factory Worker
Zlatko Buric	...	Ivan
Kriss Dosanjh	...	Asian Businessman
Noma Dumezweni	...	Celia
Jeillo Edwards	...	Hospital Cleaning Lady
Rita Hamill	...	Pharmacy Nurse
Nizwar Karanj	...	Mini Cab Driver
Jeffery Kissoon	...	Cab Controller
Michael Mellinger	...	German Man
Sabina Michael	...	German Woman
Deobia Oparei	...	Mini Cab Driver
Israel Oyelumade	...	Mini Cab Driver (as Israel Aduramo)
Adrian Scarborough	...	The Doctor
Naomi Simpson	...	Shinti's Grandaughter
Jemanesh Solomon	...	Shinti's Daughter-in-Law
Ron Stenner	...	Pharmacist
Jean-Philippe Écoffey	...	Jean-Luc
Ray Donn	...	Factory Worker (uncredited)
Mike Savva	...	Airport Commuter (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Frears

Writing credits
Steven Knight		(written by)

Produced by
Julie Goldstein	....	executive producer
Robert Jones	....	producer
Teresa Moneo	....	executive producer
Allon Reich	....	executive producer
Tracey Scoffield	....	executive producer
Tracey Seaward	....	producer
Paul Smith	....	executive producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer
Margo Myers	....	line producer: additional photography (uncredited)

Original Music by
Nathan Larson

Cinematography by
Chris Menges

Film Editing by
Mick Audsley

Casting by
Leo Davis

Production Design by
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Art Direction by
Rebecca Holmes

Set Decoration by
Linda Wilson

Costume Design by
Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Makeup Department
Annabel Hill	....	makeup artist
Natasha Nischol	....	makeup artist
Jenny Shircore	....	hair designer
Jenny Shircore	....	makeup designer
Matthew Smith	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Tania Blunden	....	post-production supervisor (as Tania Windsor Blunden)
Brian Donovan	....	production manager: additional photography
Linda Gregory	....	production manager
Michael Harm	....	unit manager
Joseph Jayawardena	....	unit manager
Margo Myers	....	unit production manager: additional photography New York City

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mick Audsley	....	second unit director
William Booker	....	second assistant director
Ben Dixon	....	third assistant director: second unit
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mark Layton	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sasha Mann	....	second assistant director: second unit
Finn McGrath	....	second assistant director: second unit
Martin O'Malley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jez Oakley	....	third assistant director: second unit
Stuart Renfrew	....	first assistant director
Alex Streeter	....	third assistant director
Richard Styles	....	first assistant director: second unit
Becky Symons	....	third assistant director: second unit (as Becky Simmons)
Holly Watson	....	third assistant director: second unit
Ben Dixon	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Larry Zience	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Jane Clark	....	storyboard artist
Emma Davis	....	lead art department assistant
Martin Duffy	....	stand-by carpenter
Stuart Headley-Read	....	stand-by props (as Stuart Read)
Verena Kahn	....	assistant art director
Campbell Mitchell	....	props
Tom Pleydell-Pearce	....	property master
Gareth Thomas	....	FT2 apprentice

Sound Department
Mark Auguste	....	supervising sound editor
Sam Auguste	....	assistant sound editor
Jan Cholawo	....	foley editor
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
Colette Dahanne	....	foley recordist
Nathan Duncan	....	sound assistant trainee
Steve Finn	....	boom operator
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Matthew Gough	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Peter Joly	....	supervising sound editor
Christian Joyce	....	sound recordist
Christian Joyce	....	sound: second unit
Peter Lindsay	....	sound recordist
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Rose	....	sound effects editor
Sven Taits	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Ian Wilson	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Dan Frye	....	special effects technician
Christopher Longhurst	....	special effects assistant
Graham Longhurst	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Ian Fellows	....	digital compositor
Drew Jones	....	visual effects executive producer
Tracey Leadbetter	....	visual effects coordinator: Framestore CFC
Luke Letkey	....	digital artist
Alasdair MacCuish	....	digital lab producer: Framestore CFC
Mark Nelmes	....	visual effects supervisor
Tom Partridge	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore CFC
Maria Stroka	....	film recording producer
Victor Wade	....	digital effects artist
Neil Weatherley	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Nick Gillard	....	stunt coordinator
Julian Spencer	....	stunt coordinator: second unit

Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Clark	....	focus puller
Charlie England	....	assistant camera
Dai Evans	....	trainee grip (as Dave Evans)
Conor Finlay	....	electrician
Eugene Grobler	....	electrician
Saiyiu. Li	....	camera loader
Adrian McCarthy	....	grip
Chris Menges	....	camera operator
Oona Menges	....	first assistant camera
Pat Miller	....	electrician
Gary Parnham	....	rigging electrician
Christopher Porter	....	gaffer
Alastair Rae	....	Steadicam operator
Laurie Sparham	....	still photographer
Ivan Strasburg	....	director of photography: second unit
Alf Tramontin	....	Steadicam operator
David Wall	....	electrician
John Ellis Evans	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
Urszula Pontikos	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Philip Goldsworthy	....	wardrobe assistant
Lucilla Simbari	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Emanuele Giraldo	....	second assistant editor
Celia Haining	....	assistant editor
Dan Roberts	....	first assistant editor
John Stanborough	....	color timer

Music Department
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
Charlie Gillett	....	music consultant
Christian Henson	....	composer: additional music
Michael Higham	....	music editor (as Mike Higham)
Steve Price	....	music scoring mixer
Andy Richards	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Simon Hudnott	....	unit driver
Gerry Turner	....	genny driver

Other crew
Julie Brinkman	....	assistant to steven knight
Jana Camacho	....	production assistant
Rashad Clinton	....	production assistant
James Cooper	....	runner
Christel Franken	....	assistant to producer
Alexander Hodgson	....	runner
Scott Jacobson	....	floor runner
Miranda Marks	....	assistant production coordinator
Jake Myers	....	production executive
Rosie Newall	....	runner
Hermione Ninnim	....	production coordinator
Louise O'Malley	....	production accountant
Eve Petcher	....	production runner
Roger Phillips	....	end titles
Sue Quinn	....	location manager
Asha Radwan	....	producer's assistant: post-production
Claire Robertson	....	assistant accountant
Nick Savva	....	production finance coordinator
Ussal Smithers	....	advisor: Turkish
Diane Staniforth	....	art finisher
Aurelia Thomas	....	location assistant
Mimi Turner	....	location manager
Alex Warder	....	assistant production coordinator
Dan Huber	....	assistant: Julie Goldstein (uncredited)

Thanks
Luke Morris	....	thanks
Margo Myers	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• BBC Films (presents)
• Celador Films
• Jonescompany Productions (developed in association with)

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Communications (200?) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2003) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• The Walt Disney Company (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Toshiba Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International Italia
• Buena Vista International
• Cinergia (Ukraine)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Miramax Films (2003) (USA)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• RCV Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) (Finland) (all media)
• TFM Distribution
• West
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Animated Extras (prosthetics)
• Framestore CFC (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment
• ARRI Media  camera and grip equipment
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Cine Image Film Opticals  opticals (as Cine Image)
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  re-recording studios (as De Lane Lea)
• Fig Productions  title design
• Fuji Photo Film  motion picture film supplied by
• Hothouse Music  music supervision
• Lightworks  edited on
• Lofty's Lab  stills processing
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  clearances (as Marshall/Plumb Research Associates Ltd.)
• Midnight Transfer  telecine
• Nine Nine Cars Ltd.  action vehicles
• Out of Eden  music mixed at
• Sapex Scripts  post-production scripts
• Syncspeed Post Prod  sound transfer (as Synxspeed Post Production)
• Tambourine Studios  music recorded at
• Wavevend Communications  mobile phones
• Wavevend Communications  walkie talkies

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, disturbing images and language

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Somali | Spanish | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R(A) | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:12 | Brazil:18 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

In the scene which Audrey Tautou goes to an abandoned place to seek for a new job, a poster of controversial Turkish director Yilmaz Guney, can be seen on the street wall.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Okwe and Senay are drinking wine, Senay lifts a full glass. In the next shot, the glass is 3/4 full.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Okwe:Do you want a car? Ten pounds, Theatreland. Car? London? You want a taxi? Buckingham Palace.

Movie Connections:

References The Conversation (1974)

Soundtrack:

JJC ft Cherise Atide (we R Here)

Fiction - but just up to a point

Please see this film. Than, if you had never crossed those sort of characters, please tell the oddities you found in it to some friend who may have been in social security, immigration department, or police services. You'll be surprised how many points in the films that you found to be unbelievable fiction are indeed documentary-like statements.

The film manages to entertain us, as well as confront us with the dark side of the society we're living in: hyper hypocrit, heartless, making false new goods (the paradise of New-York-style life) where the ancient gods failed, be it Jesus, or Mohamed. These two gods make an odd couple (mentioned in the dialogue by another odd couple in the movie, the virgin and the whore), but they are not alone: the Penguin paperback edition of Robert Graves' The Greek Myths, is there to remind us of similar paradises lost.

Robert Frears was already a respected name in movies; now he grew to Oscar status. This film is mandatory viewing by anyone who cares about humanity, and one's place in it. For palefaces, redskins, blacks, brown, yellow and blue-skins - for we are all hostages of "the Baltic Hotel"...